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About Us
We are the leader in human‑centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We’re driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work
At Proofpoint, you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best‑in‑class outcomes, Visionary in future‑focused problem‑solving, Exceptional in execution and impact. Corporate Overview: Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks. With an integrated suite of cloud‑based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber‑attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people‑centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.
Our Culture
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com.
Role Overview
This highly technical role has a direct and real‑time impact on protecting Proofpoint customers. As a Staff Security Research Engineer on Proofpoint’s Threat Research team, you’ll be part of an amazing, collaborative, industry‑leading team focused on tracking threat actors, malware, phishing, and TTPs to develop static and dynamic (behavioural) signatures that detect and prevent threats on a massive scale.
Your Day‑to‑Day
Stay abreast of a constantly evolving threat landscape including the credential phishing landscape
Analyse malware, malicious documents, and malicious URLs provided by internal and external sources
Conduct in‑depth analysis of email messages to detect and classify threats such as business email compromise (BEC), phishing, and other malicious campaigns.
Apply critical thinking skills to identify the most efficient and effective way to mitigate the analysed threat
Develop, test, and deploy appropriate static and/or behavioural signatures to mitigate the analysed threat
Identify, prioritise, and fill coverage gaps for relevant threats to minimise customer impact
Respond to customer FN/FP escalations that cannot be addressed by customer support
Work effectively as part of a remote team using chat, video chat and conference calls
Work with engineering teams, defining requirements, for the continuous improvement of critical detection capabilities
What You Bring to the Team
A passion for threat research and a well‑rolled yet deep understanding of the security threat landscape. Demonstrable understanding of the malware and credential phishing landscape, TTPs, and experience overcoming bypass techniques.
Experience proactively identifying, responding to, and defending against malware and credential phishing threats in production environments.
Familiarity with browser internals and the Document Object Model. Broad and demonstrable understanding of document formats commonly used for malicious purposes (e.g., OLE, CDFv2, PDF, OpenOffice, RTF).
Experience parsing and analysing malicious documents. Experience leveraging sandbox environments as an analysis tool.
Critical thinking. Able to develop high‑quality detection signatures based on analysis of malicious behaviour.
Experience creating YARA and/or ClamAV signatures used in production environments.
Regular expression wizardry. Intermediate‑level Python experience. Interest in learning sandbox engineering concepts and contributing ideas to extend capabilities. Interest in creating synthetic malicious samples to test capabilities.
Willing and able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a distributed team of industry‑leading security researchers. A hard‑working, self‑directed team player fully capable of working remotely.
Why Proofpoint
Protecting people is at the heart of our award‑winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer‑focused and a driven‑to‑win organization with leading‑edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture‑add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
Flexible work environment (remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.).
Annual wellness and community outreach days
Always on recognition for your contributions
Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Employment Details
Seniority level: Not Applicable
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Computer and Network Security, Software Development
Location
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How to Apply
Submit your application here https://www.proofpoint.com/us/company/careers
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